Janise White
John Malveaux of
writes:
April
23, 2017 Afro-American Chamber Music Society Orchestra (AACMSO) elevated
Los
Angeles and Holman United Methodist Church to the United States capitol
for
preservation of Black Classical Music. The United States premiere
concert was noteworthy proof for the cover of Earl Ofari Hutchinson’s
book IT’S OUR MUSIC, TOO-The
Black Experience In Classical Music on display at the concert.
Co-founder
and conductor of AACMSO, Janise White, delivered a triple double in
basketball
jargon. She was the conductor for the program except for James Price
Johnson
Yamekraw (Black Rhapsody). Fernando Pullum conducted as Janise White
represented a wide spectrum of Harlem piano playing. Janise White was
the researcher
for the entire program and most impressive to me, she instigated the
publishing
of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Symphony in A minor during a past visit to
the Royal
College of Music Library in London. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was received
by President Roosevelt at the White House in 1904, Dr. Jacqueline
Cogdell DjeDje, author
and retired chairperson of Ethnomusicology at UCLA, encouraged the
research of Janise White in past years. Dr. DjeDje was present for this
important
occasion and we chatted before start of the concert.
To
my colleagues and friends in multiple music organizations working to elevate diversity
in classical music and opera, please remember William Grant Still’s belief “Together we rise, or not at all.” Please see pic of program and pic of Maestro Janise White
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